diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatNativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatNativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index cbdabed8b..84b3fbff0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatNativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatNativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ package com.facebook.react.flat;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -90,10 +92,15 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerRegistry;
 
     ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) view;
     ViewGroupManager viewManager = (ViewGroupManager) resolveViewManager(reactTag);
-    for (int i = 0; i < viewsToAdd.length; ++i) {
-      int tag = Math.abs(viewsToAdd[i]);
-      viewManager.addView(viewGroup, resolveView(tag), i);
+    List<View> listOfViews = new ArrayList<>(viewsToAdd.length);
+
+    // batch the set of additions - some view managers can take advantage of the batching to
+    // decrease operations, etc.
+    for (int viewIdToAdd : viewsToAdd) {
+      int tag = Math.abs(viewIdToAdd);
+      listOfViews.add(resolveView(tag));
     }
+    viewManager.addViews(viewGroup, listOfViews);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -171,9 +178,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerRegistry;
 
       ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) view;
       ViewGroupManager viewManager = (ViewGroupManager) resolveViewManager(viewTag);
-      for (int i = viewManager.getChildCount(viewGroup) - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-        viewManager.removeViewAt(viewGroup, i);
-      }
+      viewManager.removeAllViews(viewGroup);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatUIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatUIImplementation.java
index 0aaaed255..c89cfdc77 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatUIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/FlatUIImplementation.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class FlatUIImplementation extends UIImplementation {
     viewManagers.add(new RCTTextInlineImageManager());
     viewManagers.add(new RCTImageViewManager());
     viewManagers.add(new RCTTextInputManager());
+    viewManagers.add(new RCTViewPagerManager());
     viewManagers.add(new RCTModalHostManager(reactContext));
 
     ViewManagerRegistry viewManagerRegistry = new ViewManagerRegistry(viewManagers);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTViewPagerManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTViewPagerManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3210043d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTViewPagerManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.flat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import android.view.View;
+
+import com.facebook.react.views.viewpager.ReactViewPager;
+import com.facebook.react.views.viewpager.ReactViewPagerManager;
+
+/* package */ class RCTViewPagerManager extends ReactViewPagerManager {
+
+  @Override
+  public void addViews(ReactViewPager parent, List<View> views) {
+    parent.setViews(views);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void removeAllViews(ReactViewPager parent) {
+    parent.removeAllViewsFromAdapter();
+  }
+}